character . " when richmond was cast for a bit part in the 1983 movie stroke ##r ace , " he fell right in with the group working on the film , " said director hal need ##ham . cole trickle , the main character in the movie days of thunder , played by tom cruise , was loosely based on richmond and his interaction with harry hyde and rick hen ##drick . richmond grew up in ashland , ohio . his parents , al and evelyn ( nee warner ) richmond , met in the course of their work . al was a we ##lder for pipe construction companies and evelyn was a field office manager . noticing that highway crews had to dig up the entire
character. " when richmond was cast for a bit part in the 1983 movie stroker ace, " he fell right in with the group working on the film, " said director hal needham. cole trickle, the main character in the movie days of thunder, played by tom cruise, was loosely based on richmond and his interaction with harry hyde and rick hendrick. richmond grew up in ashland, ohio. his parents, al and evelyn ( nee warner ) richmond, met in the course of their work. al was a welder for pipe construction companies and evelyn was a field office manager. noticing that highway crews had to dig up the entire